In 2011, "Ochocinco" tried out with Sporting Kansas City and played in a reserves match. Afterward, Peter Vermes, the Major League Soccer club's coach, said "He has absolutely no soccer fitness at all."

Five years later, TMZ asked Johnson if he'd play professionally and he said no.

"I wouldn't do it," Johnson. "That would be disrespectful to those that do it professionally."

He said he was "not even close" to being good enough to make switch to the sport.